Family Movie Night: Get Into the Game!

We're borrowing some leftover energy from the Winter Olympics and now March Madness to celebrate basketball and games all weekend long! In each of the PBS KIDS episodes, we'll hear stories about basketball - from how people play to who invented it to where else across the world it's played. 

Here's this weekend's Family Movie Night schedule:

• 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. -- Molly of Denali: Basketball Blues
• 7:30 - 8:00 p.m. -- Arthur: The Wheel Deal / The Buster Report
• 8:00 - 8:30 p.m. -- Odd Squad: Zero Effect / Bad Luck Bears
• 8:30 -- 9:00 p.m. -- Molly of Denali: Welcome Home Balto / Snow Jam
• 9:00 - 9:30 p.m. -- Let's Go Luna! Hoopin' Hopper / A Chopsticky Situation
• 9:30 - 10:00 p.m. -- Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I am James Naismith / I am Temple Grandin

Where to Watch:

• Family Movie Night airs on WXXI Kids 24/7 on TV 21.4/Cable 1277 (or 1278)
• WXXI Kids website and the FREE PBS KIDS Video App

Pre-Movie Night Activities: 

• Article: Three ways to practice being a good sport
• Activity: Try walking on a "tight rope" (and learn about practice and persistance)
• Online Game: Cyberchase Sports games
• Article: Bring math to your next family sports outing
• Activity: Create your own home olympics
• Activity: Play freeze dance (and practice self-control)
• Article: The Science of angles: Learning through sports
• Activity: Have a living room dance party!

Check out this clip of Molly and the Northern Lights playing basketball in the snow: